Audi Q3 vs BYD Atto 2

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Audi Q3
Audi Q3

$58,700 - $84,400

2026 price

BYD Atto 2
BYD Atto 2

$31,990 - $35,990

2026 price

Summary

2026 Audi Q3
2026 BYD Atto 2
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Turbo 4, 1.5L

Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded Petrol

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Fuel Efficiency
5.8L/100km (combined)

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Seating
5

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Dislikes
  • No PHEV option (yet)
  • A few rattles in our test car
  • Small back seat

  • Tech can be fiddly
  • Driving dynamics are't stellar
  • Is 345km enough range?
2026 Audi Q3 Summary

Replacing a popular model is fraught with danger. Existing customers will tell you they love it, while focus groups of non-customers will tell you why they hate it and sometimes carmakers get caught trying to appease both groups.

Sometimes they’ll make it too big or change too much in the search for more sales and ultimately end up removing the elements that made it popular in the first place.

Which is why Audi has been extra careful with some subtle evolution for this new-generation Q3 SUV and Sportback. This isn’t just a popular model for Audi Australia, it has been the best-selling model for the German brand for more than five years, so getting it wrong would be a disaster.

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2026 BYD Atto 2 Summary

There has never been a better time to be shopping for an electric SUV in Australia, with the avalanche of Chinese brands constantly smashing through the price floor as they bid for the title of Australia’s cheapest.

MG led the charge with its S5, which is $40,490, drive-away. Then Leapmotor upped (or downed?) the ante with its B10 with a $38,990, drive-away, price tag. And now BYD has knocked them both out with its Atto 2, officially Australia’s cheapest electric SUV (at least for now), with a MSRP of $31,990, which, in NSW, translates to a drive-away cost of less than $35K.

Cheap is one thing. But cheerful? Let’s find out, shall we?

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